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60 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA [SŪ. 1. 1. 17. ADH. 6.] the object to be explained and the explanation, refer to the same topic. Hence that which consists of bliss is the Highest Self alone. SŪTRA 17 "NOT THE OTHER, ON ACCOUNT OF INAPPROPRIATENESS" Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha The qualities peculiar to the Lord, which are mentioned in Scripture as relating to that which is signified by the term 'consisting of bliss', being "inappropriate" on the part of anything else, "the other", i.e. the individual soul, is not signified by the term 'consisting of bliss' Vedānta-kaustubha "The other", i.e the individual, soul is not to be understood here by the term 'consisting of bliss'. Why? "On account of inappropriateness", i.e. the creatorship of the entire world and the like, mentioned as relating to that which consists of bliss in the scriptural text: "He wished: 'May I be many, may I procreate' He created all this" (Tait. 2.6), are not appropriate on the part of the individual soul. Hence that which consists of bliss is Brahman alone. Or else, the following construction (of the sūtra) may be under- stood:—The individual soul, "other than" Brahman, is not "mantra- described", because the qualities which are peculiar to the "mantra- described", viz. being the object to be attained by the wise and so on, are "inappropriate" on the part of anything else. COMPARISON Rāmānuja Reading same, interpretation different—'The other (viz. the individual) (is) not (the object of the text: "Truth, knowledge and infinite", Tait. 2.1), on account of inappropriateness'. That is, Rāmānuja takes this sūtra as continuing more particularly the theme of the preceding sūtra where it has been shown that Brahman is designated by the text 'Truth, knowledge and infinite' (Tait. 2.1) Here it is shown, he points out, that none else than the Lord, not